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Final Test Results

So it's as I predicted. I wasted vacation time and money I didn't have just to find out that everything came back fine with the exception of my B12 vitamin which wouldn't cause me to pass out anyway! And it's not like I can afford to buy B12 until next month....*sigh*

Actually Mary, low B12 CAN cause you to be lightheaded and possibly pass out. It is very serious and can cause all kinds of problems if not treated. I was diagnosed with Pernicious Anemia (B12 doesn't absorb into my body) and take weekly injections. My RX is about $1.45 a week. You can also get the sublingual tablets, 5000mcg (put under your tongue) for about $6.00 at Walmart. Injections, sublingual and liquid are better than the plain tablets.

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Ok made my way over there.....and I really don't think the vitamin companies should be able to have so many different dosages of the same vitamin! Like the 2 for $5 thing I saw? That was for 2 100 pill bottles, but only 100mcg each! So you really aren't saving any money. Then there was a sale on these other vitamins, buy one get one free and their B-12 was cherry flavored, you had to put it under your tongue and was 2500mcg! And even then, you are spending about $12 on 200 pills!

So I spent $8 on one bottle of 60 pills at 1000mcg to start with and see where that takes me before I up it. I don't have easy access to a Walmart and it'd cost me about $4 just to get there and back....so I'll try this and then move up if it seems to help.

Happy your tests were normal but understand how you feel. Wow I learned allot about Vit B 12 that did not know... not sure if mine has been checked in the past but seems like have been checked for everything under the sun. Have some fasting lab works to be done this coming thursday which will be checking this I believe but will ask to be sure. Hope you get your B12 back to normal soon and hope it will make you feel better.

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